By Emily on October 5, 2008
Is it too hot, cold, rainy, snowy, windy, any or all of the above for you outside? Some days, you just want to stay in. Here are some ways to liven up a day inside to keep yourself and your kids entertained without too much mind numbing television.
Make an obstacle course
Build forts with furniture, sheets and pillows
Make a hopscotch board with painters tape
Do scavenger hunts around the house
Play hide n go seek (this works really well if you find a really great spot and bring a magazine and relax while hiding)
Stage storytime in the playroom
Do puppet shows
Do art projects – paint, color, cut, glue, create
Have an indoor picnic
For other fun frugal ideas for making an indoor day fun, check out Rainy Day Frugal Activities For Kids
Emily blogs about living a simple, frugal and fabulous life at Remodeling This Life
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My kids love making forts. Great ideas. Thanks for sharing.
We like to go pretend camping. Build yourself a tent and bring some flashlights and let the imagination do the rest. Sometimes we are in the artic with polar bears, sometimes it is in the jungle with spiders. It is all fun!
Great ideas.
The fort idea reminded me of one my grandmother told me about. Remove the chairs from around your dining room table. Then take newspapers and tape them around the top, letting them hang down to make walls. They should touch the floor. Cut out windows and leave a door opening. My kids LOVED this!